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... thing , as a pos- itive idea ; as , non - existence , nought , nullity , nothing . Of what does Orthoëpy treat ? Of what does Etymology treat ? Into how many classes are words divided What are the names of the parts of speech ? What is ...
... thing , as a pos- itive idea ; as , non - existence , nought , nullity , nothing . Of what does Orthoëpy treat ? Of what does Etymology treat ? Into how many classes are words divided What are the names of the parts of speech ? What is ...
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... gender ; as , parent , cousin , sheep . What is gender ? How many genders ? What nouns are of the masculine gender ? -of the feminine ? -of the common ? Nouns which denote things without sex are of the neuter 24 GENDER . Moods.
... gender ; as , parent , cousin , sheep . What is gender ? How many genders ? What nouns are of the masculine gender ? -of the feminine ? -of the common ? Nouns which denote things without sex are of the neuter 24 GENDER . Moods.
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Noble Butler. Nouns which denote things without sex are of the neuter gender ; as , tree , paper , book . Note . The word neuter means neither . There is a male sex , and a female sex , but no neuter sex ; neuter gender is merely a ...
Noble Butler. Nouns which denote things without sex are of the neuter gender ; as , tree , paper , book . Note . The word neuter means neither . There is a male sex , and a female sex , but no neuter sex ; neuter gender is merely a ...
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... thing in its course . But when reference is made to the objects composing the collection , it takes the gender of the individuals referred to . EXERCISES . 1. Name three nouns of the masculine gender ; -three of the feminine ; -three of ...
... thing in its course . But when reference is made to the objects composing the collection , it takes the gender of the individuals referred to . EXERCISES . 1. Name three nouns of the masculine gender ; -three of the feminine ; -three of ...
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... thing ; " " forty thieves . " Those limiting adjectives which are used in counting and numbering are called numeral adjectives ; as , one , two , three , etc .; first , second , third , etc. Adjectives derived from proper names are ...
... thing ; " " forty thieves . " Those limiting adjectives which are used in counting and numbering are called numeral adjectives ; as , one , two , three , etc .; first , second , third , etc. Adjectives derived from proper names are ...
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Page 248 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 252 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Page 195 - Is it far away, in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold, Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand? Is it there, sweet mother! that better land? Not there, not there, my child ! Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Page 198 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 229 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 171 - Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree...
Page 187 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 235 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 248 - The world is full of poetry — the air Is living with its spirit ; and the waves Dance to the music of its melodies, And sparkle in its brightness. Earth is veiled, And mantled with its beauty; and the walls That close the universe with crystal in, Are eloquent with voices, that proclaim The unseen glories of immensity, In harmonies, too perfect, and too high, For aught but beings of celestial mould, And speak to man in one eternal hymn, Unfading beauty, and unyielding power.
Page 228 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.